Set 3 Practice

1. Buying multiple colors of the same shoe seemed like a _ way to spend money.
5. Probed by leading questions about his involvement in the crime, Joe began to _ , or lie.
9. The _ rumor began to spread and then severely hurt the boy's reputation.
10. Jack was demolishing his kitchen for a remodel, but after a few hours of work he needed a _ before he could continue.

2. Susan was accused of stealing some airpods, but her _ denials showed how passionately she knew she was innocent.
3. The mobster would not answer any of the detective's questions for fear of _ his boss, a notorious killer.
4. The judge's stance was _; absolutely no eating in the courtroom.
6. The Walls family lived in _ poverty. The kids began stealing from others' lunches because they were so hopelessly poor.
7. My brother took _ notes during the team meeting; from the four pages I knew just what the coach wanted.
8. In ancient Greece, the family of the dead would let out a _ cry that the whole community could hear.